Boy

1F466 · U+1F466 · 👦

What it means

The Boy emoji 👦 is used around ideas like boy, bright-eyed, child, grandson and kid.

Emoji render in the viewer’s own font, so the exact drawing differs between Apple, Google, Samsung and Microsoft — the sense above is what stays constant.

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Keywords

Search terms recorded for this emoji in Unicode CLDR.

boy bright-eyed child grandson kid son young younger

Details

Hexa	1F466
Codepoints	U+1F466
HTML (hex)	👦
HTML (decimal)	👦
CLDR short name	boy
Emoji version	Emoji 0.6 · 2010 →
Qualification	fully-qualified
Category	People & Body
Subcategory	person

Timeline

Emoji 0.6 · 2010Boy entered the standard as U+1F466, establishing the codepoint still used today.
TodayRendered across major platforms. Apple, Google, Microsoft and Samsung each draw it in their own style while preserving the same underlying character.